Auburn Softball impacttag:www.al.com,2015:/auburnsoftball/index.ssf/80015842015-03-02T00:31:32ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceAuburn softball blows by Samford for best start in school historytag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.153536752015-03-02T00:31:09Z2015-03-02T00:31:32ZThe Tigers have scored 86 runs in the first inning this season, an average of nearly four per game, and the hot starts have led to big blowouts. Auburn has won 15 games by run rule after the fifth inning, and the Tigers have out-scored opponents 217-48 this season.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
The Tigers have scored 86 runs in the first inning this season, an average of nearly four per game, and the hot starts have led to big blowouts. Auburn has won 15 games by run rule after the fifth inning, and the Tigers have out-scored opponents 217-48 this season.
Emily Carosone's homer lifts Auburn softball to 20th wintag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.153510832015-03-01T14:48:34Z2015-03-01T17:09:29ZCarosone, Cooper and Haley Fagan are now all tied for the team lead with seven homers, which collectively is tied for second in the SEC as Auburn establishes itself as arguably the SEC's most powerful lineup.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
Carosone, Cooper and Haley Fagan are now all tied for the team lead with seven homers, which collectively is tied for second in the SEC as Auburn establishes itself as arguably the SEC's most powerful lineup.
Is Toomer's Corner being rolled? Auburn mathematicians have an app for thattag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.153455932015-02-28T22:33:42Z2015-02-28T22:33:27ZIs Toomer's Corner being rolled? A team of Auburn University mathematicians hope to answer that question and deliver it to your pocket, even if you're halfway across the world. Brandon Marcello | bmarcello@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/BrandonMarcello/index.html
Is Toomer's Corner being rolled? A team of Auburn University mathematicians hope to answer that question and deliver it to your pocket, even if you're halfway across the world.
Auburn softball offers glimpse of potential, crushing 5 homers in run-rule rout over Ohio Statetag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.153405462015-02-28T04:10:59Z2015-02-28T17:17:30ZFrustrated by a subpar performance in their first game of the Wilson/DeMarini Classic on Thursday night, the Tigers altered their approach and buried Ohio State 14-2 under a barrage of five homers in the second game of the tournament on Friday.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
Frustrated by a subpar performance in their first game of the Wilson/DeMarini Classic on Thursday night, the Tigers altered their approach and buried Ohio State 14-2 under a barrage of five homers in the second game of the tournament on Friday.
Kasey Cooper's blast lifts Auburn softball over Texas Statetag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.153288152015-02-27T03:36:42Z2015-02-27T12:51:51Z"Great teams figure out ways to win and that is what we did," Auburn coach Clint Myers said in a release. "If you can keep adding to the lead, it makes a statement that our offense is good all the way through. Do I think we swung the bats really well? No, but we did figure out ways to score runs."Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
"Great teams figure out ways to win and that is what we did," Auburn coach Clint Myers said in a release. "If you can keep adding to the lead, it makes a statement that our offense is good all the way through. Do I think we swung the bats really well? No, but we did figure out ways to score runs."
Auburn softball counting on deeper pitching staff to lift brilliant lineup to next leveltag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.153263522015-02-26T22:15:20Z2015-02-26T23:14:42ZAuburn (17-1) brings back the core of last year's rotation. Lexi Davis, the workhorse and the ace, has opened this season 8-0 with a 2.04 ERA, and her running mate from last season, Marcy Harper, is 4-1 after returning from an injury suffered late in the year.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
Auburn (17-1) brings back the core of last year's rotation. Lexi Davis, the workhorse and the ace, has opened this season 8-0 with a 2.04 ERA, and her running mate from last season, Marcy Harper, is 4-1 after returning from an injury suffered late in the year.
Auburn softball blasts its way to tournament title in Tampatag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.152893572015-02-22T23:11:54Z2015-02-22T23:11:50ZThe No. 16 Tigers run-ruled USF 8-0 behind a pair of homers from Kasey Cooper on Sunday morning to win the tournament title and improved to 17-1 overall this season.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
The No. 16 Tigers run-ruled USF 8-0 behind a pair of homers from Kasey Cooper on Sunday morning to win the tournament title and improved to 17-1 overall this season.
Auburn softball remains undefeated, takes aim at best start in school historytag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.152311402015-02-16T20:00:41Z2015-02-16T20:00:28ZAuburn ripped off six more wins at the Tiger Invitational this weekend, moving into the second-best start in school history and taking firm aim at 2012, when the Tigers opened the season with 15 straight wins.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
Auburn ripped off six more wins at the Tiger Invitational this weekend, moving into the second-best start in school history and taking firm aim at 2012, when the Tigers opened the season with 15 straight wins.
Auburn athletics reports $13.6 million deficit in 2013-14tag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.152250542015-02-16T00:02:03Z2015-02-16T05:01:43ZThe university's deficit ballooned despite an athletics department that racked up more than $113.7 million in revenue, a growth of 9.7 percent percent and more than $10 million over the department's operating revenue in 2013.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
The university's deficit ballooned despite an athletics department that racked up more than $113.7 million in revenue, a growth of 9.7 percent percent and more than $10 million over the department's operating revenue in 2013.
Auburn provides first look at new Toomer's Oakstag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.151987102015-02-12T21:30:50Z2015-02-13T19:24:04ZThe 35-foot-tall oak trees to be planted at Toomer's Corner on Saturday have been loaded on flat-bed trucks and are en route to Auburn.
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The 35-foot-tall oak trees to be planted at Toomer's Corner on Saturday have been loaded on flat-bed trucks and are en route to Auburn.
Auburn athletics budget expected to eclipse $113 milliontag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.151903742015-02-11T23:16:47Z2015-02-11T23:16:05ZThe school's budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year will rise to $113.9 million, according to Auburn's annual athletics report released to AL.com this week.Brandon Marcello | bmarcello@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/BrandonMarcello/index.html
The school's budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year will rise to $113.9 million, according to Auburn's annual athletics report released to AL.com this week.
Auburn softball opens season on 6-0 tear behind explosive offensetag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.151683662015-02-09T15:20:44Z2015-02-09T15:21:02ZNo. 19 Auburn hit .434, ripped off 67 runs and slammed nine homers in a 6-0 start to the season over the weekend, including outscoring five opponents 52-3 as the Tigers rolled through the Plainsman Invite.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
No. 19 Auburn hit .434, ripped off 67 runs and slammed nine homers in a 6-0 start to the season over the weekend, including outscoring five opponents 52-3 as the Tigers rolled through the Plainsman Invite.
Auburn softball sets sights on Women's College World Series in Clint Myers' second seasontag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.151404802015-02-05T20:15:56Z2015-02-05T20:22:02Z"We believe this year," third baseman Kasey Cooper said. "Last year, Coach came in and told us 'we're going to Oklahoma City,' and we were all like 'OK.' ... This year, everybody knew."Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
"We believe this year," third baseman Kasey Cooper said. "Last year, Coach came in and told us 'we're going to Oklahoma City,' and we were all like 'OK.' ... This year, everybody knew."
Softball's in the World Games, and that's good for Alabama and the sport's many fanstag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.150651372015-01-27T20:08:28Z2015-01-27T21:23:54ZWhether it's little league, travel ball or college softball at Auburn, Alabama or UAB, sports fans in Alabama love their softball. The game made its last Olympic appearance in the 2008 Beijing Games and was then dropped before the 2010...Cheryl Wray | cwray@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/cherylwray/index.html
Whether it's little league, travel ball or college softball at Auburn, Alabama or UAB, sports fans in Alabama love their softball. The game made its last Olympic appearance in the 2008 Beijing Games and was then dropped before the 2010...
Auburn softball will begin season ranked for first time since 2007tag:www.al.com,2015:/sports/index.ssf/3510.150056362015-01-20T19:16:41Z2015-01-20T19:16:51ZUnder Myers, the Tigers spent 12 weeks in the poll last season, rising as high as No. 19, tying the mark for the program's highest ranking in history. Auburn finished with 42 wins, the second-highest mark in school history, and came within a game of the Tigers' first Super Regional appearance.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
Under Myers, the Tigers spent 12 weeks in the poll last season, rising as high as No. 19, tying the mark for the program's highest ranking in history. Auburn finished with 42 wins, the second-highest mark in school history, and came within a game of the Tigers' first Super Regional appearance.
Auburn softball coach Clint Myers selected into NFCA Hall of Fametag:www.al.com,2014:/sports/index.ssf/3510.146926112014-12-07T00:00:50Z2014-12-07T00:00:21ZWhen the long-time softball coach gets inducted into the Hall of Fame in Atlanta at the national convention next year, he'll join a group of only 62 honorees in the Hall of Fame.Joel A. Erickson | jerickson@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/jaerickson/index.html
When the long-time softball coach gets inducted into the Hall of Fame in Atlanta at the national convention next year, he'll join a group of only 62 honorees in the Hall of Fame.
Jennie Finch brings love of softball, youth sports, family to Hoover for National Pro Fastpitch eventtag:www.al.com,2014:/sports/index.ssf/3510.137016102014-08-21T13:19:32Z2014-08-21T14:07:00ZCheryl Wray | cwray@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/cherylwray/index.htmlLive chat: Talking all things preseason camp before Auburn's fourth practicetag:www.al.com,2014:/sports/index.ssf/3510.135619912014-08-04T19:30:47Z2014-08-04T19:31:05ZThe chat is underway until 3:30 p.m.Brandon Marcello | bmarcello@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/BrandonMarcello/index.html
The chat is underway until 3:30 p.m.
Live chat at 2 p.m.: Previewing preseason camp at Auburn, where '13 seconds' is all that matterstag:www.al.com,2014:/sports/index.ssf/3510.135091762014-07-28T18:49:49Z2014-07-28T18:55:54ZAuburn beat reporter Brandon Marcello will take your questions at 2 p.m.Brandon Marcello | bmarcello@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/BrandonMarcello/index.html
Auburn beat reporter Brandon Marcello will take your questions at 2 p.m.
Auburn ready to feed players, public with Wellness Kitchen on campustag:www.al.com,2014:/sports/index.ssf/3510.134915592014-07-25T21:16:42Z2014-07-25T23:10:45ZA new NCAA rule allowing unlimited meals to athletes will coincide with the opening of Auburn's Wellness Kitchen adjacent to the Auburn Athletics Complex and the South Donahue Residence Hall, which houses many of the Tigers' football players.Brandon Marcello | bmarcello@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/BrandonMarcello/index.html
A new NCAA rule allowing unlimited meals to athletes will coincide with the opening of Auburn's Wellness Kitchen adjacent to the Auburn Athletics Complex and the South Donahue Residence Hall, which houses many of the Tigers' football players.